adam151082

Any of you guys own or would buy a re-shelled car? how much would it knock of say a 10k car? just asking cos mines been done. it got done cos it got smashed then got a nice new clean solid shell, dont bother me if im honest.


mine...

cossiegreg1

dont bother me one bit. as long as the shell is kosher, ie brand new, not rung lol

jason_nike

If its been reshelled should be better than an old shell, so no probs for me

bigal1978

easy 80% off the askin price when can i collect

Dicko&Vacant

iTrader: (3)

thats just cos yours has been

Wouldnt put me off either tbh, as long as it had been done legitimately and properly and i cant see it knocking 10k off personally

Sarah

Ryan_3

dont tell them

fordsportjay

iTrader: (6)

my old rs500 was a reshell.
but it was also also cheap......

Ryan_3

I dont get it why you guys call it 'reshelling'.

I dont see it that way. its like buying a complete different car and scraping the other! so it doesnt seem that you done something nasty to the car!

Ryan_3

but did you reshell it in ANOTHER rs500 shell, or a 1.6 or cossie shell? if thats the case, I think I woudnt call it an rs500 anymore tbh.

R5COS

wouldnt bother me if i done the change over myself so i know what i had etc etc

Ryan_3

well, its like taking parts from a car and putting them in another car! its called modding ANOTHER one

cossiegreg1

i had the same view before i had that car. but wouldnt touch one with no numbers, if i did it would have to be for VERY cheap

fordpop

If it was a new shell, it would have come with no numbers so have your old numbers been stamped into the floor? If not you have no way of proving it a Cossy shell or a 1.6l shell. Although there was no difference apart from the number sequence

Steve Escos

iTrader: (18)

The transmission tunnel is different between the 1.6l and the cossy.

AndyPen

iTrader: (24)

All DVLA approved ones check old numbers and a reshell is fine in their eyes if done correctly and with mostly original parts. So I tend to think the same.

adam151082

mines got no numbers stamped in the floor but has the numbers cut off the old shell (section of the floor) has a vin plate 2 match the floor numbers.
just wanted to know what you guys thought

A love my car lol....

adam151082

Any1 keep away from them?

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

Mine was re-shelled.

Around 3 months after first registration. I have all the receipts for the shell/glass etc from Ford and the family-run garage business that carried out the swap-over owned the car for 10 years after that (their pension-age mother had it). I bought it from them on 24,000 miles.

It obviously shows up on the resister, but didn't worry me in the slightest to be honest.

col cos1

iTrader: (5)

aslong as it wasent q plated i wouldnt worry

adam151082

good to hear some toughts i was expecting people on here to be saying (screaming) keep away, with originality and all that.

orion88

id have one wudnt bother me
wud try and knock someone down tho pricewise just a chancer

Ryan_3

if ure going to stamp the original numbers, now thats a different story!

BUT, if for example u have a sierra cossie, ad ure reshelling it into a 1.6 shell, it wouldnt be original anymore no? now, if u reshell into another cossie shell, thats alright.

adam151082

so whats the difference in the 3dr (cosworth and basic 1.6) shell's i know the tunnel and heard the sunroof also. but whats actualy different. i'm gessing mine cosher cos its got what looks original threaded holes for the body kit and tunnels not been bashed or welded anywhere.